"For it would now seem that the policy and vanity of the Court equally concurred in endeavouring to keep out of sight …"

"The breaking-up of the power of China (no very improbable event) would occasion a complete subversion of the commerce…"

"It should be never absent from our recollection that there are now two distinct nations in China--the Chinese and the…"

"The Government, as it stands, is properly the tyranny of a handful of Tatars over more than three hundred millions of…"

"Yet it cannot be concealed that the nation in general is far from being contented. The frequent insurrections in the …"

"The size of a deterrent force must be related to the value to an enemy of the prize being protected. For example, sup…"

"The Czar, who had been absolute enough to civilize savages, had no idea, could conceive none, of the privileges of a …"

"He...was highly favoured by nature, and his address exceeded even his figure. At every period of his life queens, duc…"

"The visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to Montreal last autumn was much more than a star…"

"It should be earnestly remembered that besides the blessings of the Gospel, Christianity is the only remedy for the r…"